Spatial Epidemiology

Part 1 Overview: issues in spatial epidemiology. R.W.Thomas; ?, P.Knox. Part 2 Statistical analysis of case clustering: space-time models for the detection of clusters of disease, D.Wartenburg and M.Greenburg; modelling the prevalence of cancer of the larynx in part of Lancashire - a new methodology, P.J.Diggle et al; automating the search for cancer clusters - a review of problems, progress and opportunities, S.Openshaw; some problems in the interpretation of childhood leukemia clusters, R.Wakeford. Part 3 Forecasting and control: epidemic control and critical community size - spatial aspects of eliminating communicable diseases in human populations, A.D.Cliff and P.Haggett; assessing the impact of some spatial representation systems on the forecasts of a multiregion disease model, R.W.Thomas. Part 4 The AIDS pandemic: ?, Dutta and Dutta; acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) - the global spread of Human Immunodeficiency Virus type 2 (HIV-2), M.R.Smallman-Raynor and A.D.Cliff. Part 5 Mental health and the environment: pathways to mental care in Salford - the role of the general practitioner, S.Scobie; drug abuse and urban ecological structure - the Nottingham case, J.Giggs.